iOS 5.1 Beta Points To New iPhone, iPad

Apple has seeded iOS 5.1 beta to those who develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Typically, point-one updates to iOS add new features, even if minor ones. With iOS 5.1, there are no new, obvious features found in the software itself, nor called out by Apple in the changelog. Instead, the changelog notes all the known bugs in the software and little else.

 Some probably hope that the update resolves the ongoing battery life problem that iPhones have exhibited since iOS 5 went live in October. Apple claimed the problem was software related, and released iOS 5.0.1 in an attempt to solve the battery issue. For many, iOS 5.0.1 made ... TechWeb